Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Vittorio Gassman
Peppe il pantera

Renato Salvatori
Mario Angeletti

Memmo Carotenuto
Cosimo

Rossana Rory
Norma

Carla Gravina
Nicoletta

Claudia Cardinale
Carmelina

Marcello Mastroianni
Tiberio

Totò
Dante Cruciani

Carlo Pisacane
Capannelle

Tiberio Murgia
Michele Ferribotte

Gina Rovere
Teresa, wife of Tiberio

Gina Amendola
una delle tre 'mamme' di Mario

Elvira Tonelli
una delle tre 'mamme' di Mario

Elena Fabrizi
una delle tre 'mamme' di Mario

Pasquale Misiano
Massimo

Renato Terra
Eladio

Aldo Trifiletti
Fernando, il portiere dello stabile di Nicoletta

Nino Marchetti
Luigi, l'impiegato del banco dei pegni

Mario De Simone
il ricettatore

Mario Feliciani
il commissario di polizia

Mimmo Poli
un carcerato

Gustavo Serena
il guardiano dell'orfanotrofio

Ida Masetti
Gabriella

Edith Bruck
donna che litiga sotto il lucernario

Gianni Di Segni
Pugile (uncredited)

Agenore Incrocci
Story / Screenplay

Mario Monicelli
Screenplay / Director

Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay

Adriana Novelli
Editor

Franco Cristaldi
Producer

Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay / Story

Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Media.








Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1958
Original NameI soliti ignoti
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Filming LocationsRome, Italy
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This Movie Is About.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian: I soliti ignoti; released as Persons Unknown in the UK) is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
The plot revolves around a group of small-time thieves attempting to burgle a pawn shop in Rome, resulting in a series of comedic mishaps. The main characters, portrayed by Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, and Marcello Mastroianni, collectively navigate the pitfalls of their ill-fated heist. The film contributed significantly to the careers of Gassman and Mastroianni, with the former breaking into comedic roles previously considered unsuitable for him.
Claudia Cardinale makes a minor appearance in the film, playing a chaste Sicilian girl constrained by her overbearing brother, portrayed by Murgia. Cardinale achieved fame for her subsequent work. The film's breezy jazz score by composer Piero Umiliani contributed to the development of the jazz soundtracks characteristic of European films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Initially doubtful about the film's potential success, the producers strategically featured the comedian Totò on the original poster to generate audience intrigue. Despite being cast for comic relief, Totò's character opts to serve as a consultant to the heist gang instead of directly joining them.
In 2008, Big Deal on Madonna Street was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's list of 100 Italian films to be saved, acknowledging its impact on the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978.
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